Overclock3D have just published a new article titled: OCZ EliteXStream 1000w ATX PSU.

Quote: “With 80 amps on a single +12v rail, it looks like some PCP&C lovin’ may have rubbed off on OCZ’s latest EliteXStream PSU.”

Link: http://www.overclock3d.net/reviews.php?/power_supply/ocz_elitexstream_1000w_atx_psu/1

“Whereas some might prefer the traditional interface and stability of Cyberlink’s PowerDVD, WinDVD 9 Plus Blu-ray is definitely the reigning champ. Having said that it’s not without its faults. Most noticeable is that you can’t select WinDVD 9 for playing only some video and audio file formats, as it does not use file associations. This means you can’t designate it as your default player for MPEG-2 HD and use something else for MOV and WAV files. Still, while it’s not entirely perfect, Corel has a winner on its hands - at least until the next release of PowerDVD.”

http://www.biosmagazine.co.uk/rev.php?id=724

Accelero Xtreme 9800

As many users found out that the excellent performance of Accelero Xtreme series, now we are going to extend its compatibility to the latest nVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX by Accelero Xtreme 9800. The same as Accelero Xtreme series, it is equipped with 5 heatpipes, 107 fins and 3 x 80mm PWM fan for transferring heat efficiently at low noise level. 

It will be available in the market sooner by mid-May.

Accelero Twin Turbo

A new dual-fan VGA cooler Accelero TWIN TURBO, adding a multi-compatible high performance merchandise into their reputable VGA cooler product line.  It is featured with 4 heat pipes, 30 fins and 2 PWM fans, which gives enthusiasts a very promising result – 26°C lower than the nVIDIA GeForce 9600GT stock cooler.  It is widely compatible with nVIDIA GeForce 9600, 8800 series (G92) and ATI Radeon HD3870, 3850 and much more.

 It will be available in the marketing by late-May

Freezer 7 LP

Most slim cases users find it difficult to buy a suitable cooler replacement that suits the size of their small chassis. ARCTIC COOLING is going to launch the Freezer 7 LP, an innovative Intel CPU cooler especially designed for media centre users to fulfill their needs. Apart from its lightweight and low profile design, the Freezer 7 LP performs excellent cooling execution. 2 heatpipes, 40 fins and an 80mm PWM fan dissipate heat from the CPU core efficiently and rapidly.

It will be available in the market by late-May

Arctic RC

High clock speeds and raised voltage lead to increasing temperatures – even on RAM modules. Since this lowers the overclocking potential as well as reduces the service life of the modules, ARCTIC RC – the revolutionary thermodynamic design lowers the temperature and thus extends your overclocking potential is designed.  ARCTIC RC is compatible with both DDR2 and DDR3 SDRAM modules, and applicable to both single and double sided modules.  With the pre-applied thermal tape, it can be installed easily for bring an excellent cooling experience.

It will be available in the market by late-May

ARCTIC COOLING presents at Computex 2008 – TWTC Nagang, Booth #M420

ARCTIC COOLING will present all our current and also our upcoming products on Computex, Taipei. We will show our innovative low noise cooling technology in working systems so you can see for yourself how great it works. As a special we will unveil our new products during the show, so don’t miss this chance to experience the new and exciting cooling solutions from Arctic Cooling.

TITLE: Best CPU Cooler Performance - Q1 2008 @ Benchmark Reviews

DESCRIPTION: Benchmark Reviews strives to offer the overclocker and hardware enthusiast community solid evidence reflecting the true performance of computer products through rigorous testing and evaluation.  We understand that many of our readers have been involved with other community websites for years, and take our test results personally; this was made clear to us when we released our 33-Way Thermal Interface Material Comparison article.  So then after months of planning and preparation, we have worked to achieve the most complete source of test results possible, offering irrefutable test results gathered in a controlled environment.  The purpose of this article is to document our findings and declare the best and top-rated CPU coolers available as of Q1 2008.

ARTICLE URL: http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=45&Itemid=1

Title: Zalman FPSGun FG1000 Gaming Mouse Review @ Virtual-Hideout

Review link: http://www.virtual-hideout.net/reviews/Zalman_FPS_Gun/index.shtml

Quote: “Looking at the FPSGun might give you the initial impression that it is some sort of Light Gun that you point at the screen. It is not. Instead, it regular mouse that somewhat resembles an inverted handgun. Thus, you hold it somewhat like you are gripping something, dare I say the handgrip of a “gun”. The bottom of the mouse still has to rest on a surface; you aren’t expected to hold this in the air. Instead, you move the FPSGun around approximately the same way you’d move a mouse around, sliding it on a surface. (The bottom has mouse feet just like any other mouse)”

Ninjalane has just posted their review of the tower style heatsink from Cooler Master called the Hyper 212. We tested on a Quad Core and found the performance to be exceptional (though a little warm).

Subject: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Heatsink Review @ Ninjalane
URL: http://www.ninjalane.com/display.aspx?docname=hyper212

Quote: Aircooling is the easiest and most economical way to cool your CPU and while any stock or OEM heatsink will do a fairly good job at keeping the processor cool you have to wonder how cool should it be?

Title: Thecus N1200 Single-Drive NAS @ Techgage

Link: http://techgage.com/article/thecus_n1200_single-drive_nas/

Quote: The first-ever NAS we took a look at was a dual-bay Thecus N2100. We are returning to those roots today by now taking a look at the single-bay N1200. We were pleased to see that Thecus once again delivered a well-built NAS that’s not only sturdy, but packs in numerous useful features as well.

Article Name: In Win B2 Stealth Bomber Case Review @ Tweaknews.net
Article Url: http://www.tweaknews.net/reviews/in_win_b2_stealth_bomber_case/

Article Snippet:

“Regardless of whether or not you’re a fighter jet enthusiast, In Win’s latest offering is worthy of your next system build or simply to replace an old, boring case. It has just about every feature that one would need while maintaining a sleek, non-cluttered look just like the jet it was inspired by. Quite honestly, I can’t find any real reason not to highly recommend it.”

NEW CONTENT (CPU & Chipset) - AMD Phenom X4 B3 Stepping Analysed

QUOTE: “It has since taken some time for AMD to come up with a new addition to its CPU portfolio. Already attempted once, AMD had to re-design some of the CPUs due to a hardware problem that results in errors if the additional cache memory is used; today AMD has corrected this and released what is now known as the “B3” stepping revision of its Phenom Processors, the first series of CPUs to support the K10 architecture.

First off, before we get into our Phenom processor, we wanted to have a bit of a look at the K10 architecture that AMD is hoping will save it from Intel’s Core architecture that has managed to severely hamper AMD’s sales as the top performance CPU.”

For more information, please visit - http://www.tweaktown.com/articles/1376/amd_phenom_x4_b3_stepping_analysed/index.html

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TechwareLabs has published an analysis of Optical vs Laser Mice. Here’s a clip from the article:

Quote: Your mouse and keyboard are your two primary means of interaction with your PC and as such today we take a look at a long standing debate over optical vs laser for mouse technology. Which is better, how does each work, and why should I choose one over the other? We attempt to answer these questions in our overview of this subject.

LINK: http://www.techwarelabs.com/articles/hardware/optical-vs-laser

Title: Optical vs Laser Mice @ TechwareLabs

MHW has a review of a Cavalry 500GB External HD, for all of you looking for a big backup device.

Quote:

“The drive seems to be a Western Digital AV GP hard drive, AV being Audio Visual, GP being Green Power. One spec conspicuously absent was drive rotational speed. Since Western Digital seems to have gone out of their way to omit this I would imagine that the drive is spinning at something less than 7200 RPM. Will this have a major impact on performance? The answer to that question is coming up soon in a later section.”

Review Link:

http://www.monster-hardware.com/modules.php?name=Reviews&rop=showcontent&id=143

Site Link:

http://www.monster-hardware.com/

Starting Today, Global Web Community Can Vote for Winners in Webby People’s Voice Awards Presented by Nokia

www.webbyawards.com

http://pv.webbyawards.com

NEW YORK, April 8, 2008 /PRNewswire/ — In keeping with its famous five-word acceptance speech limit, The 12th Annual Webby Awards nominees unveiled today can be summed up simply as: “More power to the people.”
From sharing opinions and ideas with millions worldwide to impacting global affairs, many of the nominees reveal how people are going online to reshape politics and re-energize the democratic process.
The list includes pop-culture phenomena like “I Got a Crush on Obama” (Viral Video) and 23/6’s “Swift Kids for Truth” (Comedy: Long Form or Series), global gabfests like The Guardian’s Comment is Free and The Huffington Post (Blog — Political), and innovative advocacy tools such as Eyes on Darfur (Activism), micro-lending service Kiva (Charitable Organization / Non-Profit), and political money-tracker MAPLight (Politics).
A full list of all nominees in more than 100 categories can be found at: http://www.webbyawards.com/webbys/.

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Technology Veteran Leads Company’s World-Class Global Network, Commitment to Acceleration of Next-Generation Converged Services

SAN ANTONIO, April 8, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) today announced the appointment of John Donovan to the position of chief technology officer.
Based in San Antonio, Donovan will oversee the company’s global technology direction and innovation road map, including product development, network and engineering operations, AT&T Labs and the security and intellectual property organizations.

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NEW CONTENT (Visual) - NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX Overclocked

QUOTE: “Overclocking these days is great; while many years ago it used to be reserved for only the most knowledgeable of computer enthusiasts, these days with so many software programs out there, overclocking can literally be done by anyone.

The overclocking card of choice today is the 9800 GTX which has been out for just over a week. While out of the box the performance is pretty good, if we can get a bit more for nothing then we’re not exactly going to complain. Since we already know about the 9800 GTX, let’s just get stuck straight into the test system setup and have a look at the clocks we achieved.”

For more information, please visit - http://www.tweaktown.com/articles/1377/nvidia_geforce_9800_gtx_overclocked/index.html

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